Checkout/Chaser for Skeptics Convention

In a special consumer affairs discussion panel, the 30th National Australian Skeptics Convention will feature three entertainers from hit ABC satirical programs The Checkout and The Chaser!

Julian Morrow, Kirsten Drysdale and Chas Licciardello are known for their fearless attacks on ignorance and double-dealing wherever that might be – politicians, shonky services or pseudoscience (vitamins a speciality).

They will be joined by two leading figures in consumer protection in Australia: Delia Rickard, deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), and Alan Kirkland, CEO of CHOICE.

This dynamic, informative and no-doubt hilarious session will be an exciting addition to what is already proving to be a stellar line-up of speakers – the largest number of international speakers at any Australian Skeptics Convention (outside of TAM Oz 2010).

We’re also pleased to announce several other new speakers:

Peta Ashworth, a leading researcher in understanding public perception to climate change and low emission technologies (former leader of the CSIRO’s Science into Society Group)

Dr Amanda Bauer has a PhD in Astrophysics, and she is currently Research Astronomer and Outreach Officer at the Australian Astronomical Observatory

Dr Alex Wodak, Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, and President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and former President of the International Harm Reduction Association